While Merlin is trending I want to thank the whole Merlin fandom
people who have been with us since 2008 and people who have just started watching, people who have left us too soon but will be forever in our hearts and people who switched fandoms but are still amazing
whereter you create, lurk, cheer or just cry in the corner (most of us have been there lol) every part of the Merlin fandom is always part of our family
The thing with Coach Beard’s backstory is, for Ted to get him coaching jobs, Ted would have to fight like a madman.
Beard has a felony record. A lot of places in the US have a box on job applications asking if you’ve ever been convicted of a crime. When Beard says Ted gave him a job and a life, he really means it. This isn’t like Ted hiring him to work in a business he owns, where he can make the rules about whether he can hire someone with a drug possession conviction. Ted had to convince athletic directors and maybe even school boards to overlook an incredibly significant piece of Beard’s history.
This wasn’t an act of kindness. This was a continual practice of kindness. This was something that could have very easily backfired on him, but he did it anyway.
Sometimes I’ll just be going on with my day and then I’ll remember that Buck actually died and Eddie ran up to get to him while screaming his name 5 times. Then he got his heart beating again and I’ll just, stop because I can’t believe that actually happened.
